Composition building siding



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new ears WILLIAM A. CARTER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

COMPOSITION BUILDING SIDING.

7 Application filed September 26, 1925. Serial No. 58,842.

This invention relates to composition building sidings, and to themethod of making such sidings. I

This invention is an improvement over that disclosed in my prior PatentNumber 1,582,684, issued to me April 7, 1925, for method of facing wallstructures.

In certain types of construction as the brick veneer building, it is thepractice to build a frame house With ordinary wooden sheeting and,thereafter, build a brick wall of one brick thickness adjacent thesheeting.

This brick wall is insecurely tied to the sheeting or building, andfrequently gives considerable trouble as it easily gets out of alignmentdue to the settling of the wall. In addition to this, it is not a verysecure construction, although materially cheaper than a solid brickwall.

' This invention is designed to overcome the defects noted above, andobjectsof the invention are to provide a method of making buildingsidings and a siding which will simulate either the brick veneer facingor stone block construction or any other desired pattern.

Further objects are to provide a construction such that there is nochance of the formation of cracks in the wall even when settling occursas the successive slabs are held together in interlocking relation inaddition to the holdsec'ured by the mortar, and in which a very secureand permanent attachment for each slab at a plurality of points to theframe work is afforded in a very simple and novel manner.

An embodiment of the invention is shown I in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure l is a fragment of a Wall showing the slabs in position.i

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional 'view to an enlarged scale of aportion of the wall.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through the mould showing the parts in onestage of construction.

plurality of slabs A which are arranged in be broken by the successiveslabs from one tier to the next tier. i

This figure shows one side B of an end block and the corresponding sideC of the other end of a similar end block, it being understood thatthese end blocks are made with unequal legs, as will be described ingreater detail hereinafter. l

In forming the siding, a mould is employed having a bottom portion. 1and end other edges of the slabs, that is,'the horizontal edges areflat. WVithin the mould a plurality of short pins'.6 project upwardlyfrom the bottom and serve to position conical corks or filling members.7, as indicated in Figure 3, suchfilling membersor conical blocks,whether of wood or cork, be ng lightly positioned upon the pins 6 priorto moulding the slabs.

In moulding the slabs, concrete or other material, as indicated at 8, ispoured into the mould and smoothed off adjacent the upper ends of thefilling members 7 After the filling of the body portion of the mould hasbeen completed and it is properly smoothed off level with the top, amarginal or border member 9 hinged to the, body portion, as indicated inFigure 3, is swung downwardly into position and filling mate rial 11 'ofany suitablecolor is poured into this portion of the mould. It is thensmoothed oif and a grating 9, hinged to the marginal or border portion9, is rocked into position, as shown in Figure 3. The grating is mostclearly shown in Figure 3, and is preferably formed of half round rodssecured together in any appropriate manner to make the desired patternwhether .for bri'Ck,;imitation or imitation ofstone or blocks.

It is to be noted that this grating is so formed'fthat when it is rockedinto position, it presses a pattern into the fillingll and simulates thejoints between successive bricks or blocks. At spaced point in thegrating pins are provided, as indicated in .a staggered manner so thatthe joints will Figure 3, and these pins align with the filling member 7and form apertures in llU the moulded slab adapted to subsequentlyreceive securing nails hereinafter described and also to indicate theposition of the filling member 7 in the finished block.

It is to be noted that the grooves formed by the grating may be filledwith cement 'or other suitable material,"as indicated at 15, anddescribed subsequently. However, the process may be followed in aslightly different manner. For example, the body of the cement, asindicated at 8, may be one 7 show between successive bricks or blocksand is in reality the uncovered portion of the body part 8 of thecement. This gives an inset joint effect which is so highly desirableincertain types of walls.

Figure 2 shows the manner in which the slabs are applied to the Wall. Inthis figure, the uprights or studdings are indicated at 12, and thesheeting at 13. The slabs are positioned against the sheeting 13 andnails 14 are driven through the apertures left by the pins 10, andthrough the filling members 7 and into the studding, the heads of thenails being positioned within the appropriate channels left by thegrating. These channels are subsequently filled with mortar,as'indicated at 15, in order to complete the imitation of brick or stoneor concrete construction.

. The horizontal joints between successive and prevents the formation ofcracks along the wall even when settling occurs.

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ther, the individual slabs are secured to the Wall at a plurality ofpoints, such construction being illustrated in detail in the drawings.In addition to this, the securing means is wholly hidden by the filling15 for the channels, and thus the securing means is protected from theaction of the Weather.

If desired the horizontal joints can also L It will be seen that slabshave been provided which will imitate any desired facing, and which willfreely adapt themselves to the the formation of buildings such as thebrick veneer buildings or similar types of structures.

Further, it will be seen that a wall constructed in accordance with thisinvention is very much more reliable and rigid than can be formed by theordinary methods.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, it isto be understood that the invention may-b'e variously embodied and is,therefore, to be limited only as claimed.

I claim:

' An outer slab for a building wall comprising a body portion having itsouter face formed with a pattern thereon simulating tiers of distinctmembers, a series of tapered fibrous blocks embedded in the body portionwith their larger ends stopping short of the outer face of the slab andwith their inner ends flush with the inner face of the slab, said outerface having depressions formed therein in alignment with said blocks,whereby nails may be driven into the recesses, through the fibrousblocks and into supporting members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

WILLIAM A. CARTER.

